Noelle Boyd

Position:
Midfield
Height:
5-5
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Franklin Regional
Hometown:
Murrysville, Pa.

2025: Started all 19 games for Akron...recorded 38 goals, 26 assists and 64 points...attempted 98 shots with 73 on goal...led the Zips in assists (26), draw controls (76) and game-winners (2), while ranking second in goals (38), points (64), shots (98), shots on goals (73) and ground balls (43) and third in caused turnovers (16)...scored game-winning goals at Youngstown State (March 16) and versus Robert Morris (April 27)...scored a season-high five goals at both Lindenwood (March 8) and Youngstown State (March 16)...recorded a season-best four assists at Eastern Michigan (April 20)...won a season-high nine draw controls at Radford (March 19)...collected a season-best six ground balls versus Central Michigan (March 23)...caused a season-high three turnovers against Xavier (Feb. 15) and Central Michigan (March 23)...recorded 100th career goal against Xavier (Feb. 15)...ranked 74th in the NCAA in ground balls (2.26) and 83rd in total assists (26)...rated third in the Mid-American Conference in assists per tilt (1.37) and points per game (3.37), fifth in shots per contest (5.16), seventh in goals per match (2.00) and draw controls (4.00) and 10th in ground balls per game (2.26)...in league-only affairs ranked first in the MAC in points per match (4.67), third in goals per game (3.00) and assists per tilt (1.67) and seventh in shots per contest (6.17) and ground balls (3.17).

2025 ACCOLADES: First-Team All-MAC selection...tabbed as MAC Offensive Player of the Week (March 18)...named to the MAC All-Tournament squad...Team Captain.

2024: Started all 16 matches for Akron...led the Zips in draw controls (73), while ranking second on the team in goals (33), assists (14), points (47), shots (70) and shots on goal (49)...added 24 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers...scored a season-high four goals versus Xavier (March 2), Gardner-Webb (March 9), Robert Morris (March 17) and Youngstown State (April 28)...recorded a season-high three assists at California (Feb. 9)... won a season-best 11 draw controls at Gardner-Webb (Mar. 9)...rated third in the MAC in draw controls (73) and draw controls per match (4.56), sixth in assists (14), seventh in goals per game (2.06), assists per tilt (.88) and points per outing (2.94) and eighth in goals (33), shots (70) and shots per match (4.38)...ranked fifth in league-only affairs in points (20) and seventh in goals (15) and goals per match (2.50), points per tilt (3.33), draw controls (24) and draw controls per game (4.00).

2024 ACCOLADES: First-Team All-MAC selection.

2023: Appeared in four matches for Akron, including two starts...recorded seven goals and two assists for nine points on the strength of 18 shots, including 13 on net...tallied five draw controls, three caused turnovers and ground balls and a pair of free position goals.

2022: Started all 17 matches for Akron...registered team-high totals in goals (39), points (44), shots (95), shots on goal (80) and game-winning goals (1), while ranking second in assists (5) and ground balls (42), while adding 12 caused turnovers...posted 11 multi-goal games, including tallying a season-high six goals in an 11-6 triumph over Kent State (Feb. 23)...recorded a season-best nine shots versus Robert Morris (March 9) and Central Michigan (April 30)...rated 11th in the NCAA in draw controls (7.18), 41st in grounds balls (2.47), 45th in free position goals (0.76), 50th in free position percentage (.542) and 53rd in shots on goal per game (4.71)...ranked first in the MAC in draw controls (7.18), third in ground balls (2.47), fourth in goals per game (2.29) and shots per tilt (5.59) and ninth in points per contest (2.59).

2022 ACCOLADES: Garnered First-Team All-MAC accolades...MAC Offensive Player of the Week (March 1)...MAC Defensive Player of the Week (Feb. 22).

2021: Started all 15 matches for Akron...led the Zips in ground balls (37), while rating second on the team in goals (19), assists (9), points (28), shots (50), shots on goal (39) and third in draw controls (33)...added 10 caused turnovers...ranked fourth in the MAC in ground balls (2.47).

PRIOR TO AKRON: A four-year letter winner in lacrosse at Franklin Regional High School...selected to compete with the Pittsburgh National Team in an all-star game in 2019...garnered All-Sectional and All-Conference accolades as a sophomore and junior...helped her squad to capture a sectional title as a sophomore in 2017...lettered three years in basketball.

PERSONAL: Majoring in exercise science...daughter of Brian Boyd and Jennifer March.